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Vanda Miss Joaquim is a cross between the Burmese Vanda teres (now called Papilionanthe teres) and the Malayan Vanda hookeriana (now called Papilionanthe hookeriana).Though in the original crossing no record was kept of which of the two species originally produced the seeds and which one provided the pollen, DNA sequences from maternally inherited chloroplast DNA have been used to determine ...
Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim is a hybrid of Papilionanthe teres and Papilionanthe hookeriana. It is the national flower of Singapore. Hybrids of Papilionanthe with other genera are placed in the following nothogenera: [8] Papilionanda (Pda.) = Papilionanthe × Vanda; × Papilisia = Papilionanthe × Luisia
The national flower of Singapore is Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim, also known as Vanda Miss Joaquim or the Singapore orchid. [8] For its resilience and year-round blooming quality, it was chosen on 15 April 1981 to represent Singapore's uniqueness and hybrid culture. [9]
The color blue is rare among orchids, and only certain species of Thelymitra, a terrestrial species from Australia, produces flowers that are truly "blue" among the orchids. These species, much like Vanda, also have a bluish-purple tint towards the inner petals of the flowers. Vanda dearei is one of the chief sources of yellow color in Vanda ...
[5] In Tanjong Pagar, the Vanda Miss Joaquim Pavilion garden marks the site of Joaquim's former residence on the no longer extant Narcis Street, where the orchid was first bred. [6] The pavilion and associated garden opened on 14 April 2002. [7] [6] A short distance away is the Vanda Miss Joaquim Park, located on Yan Kit Road, which ...
Papilionanthe hookeriana, also known as anggrek pensil in indonesian, [3] or kinta weed, [4] is a species of orchid native to the swamps [3] of Borneo, Malaya, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam. [ 2 ] Description
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The variety 'Andersonii' is the pod parent of Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim, the national flower of Singapore, the only country to have a hybrid as its national flower. [2] Papilionanthe teres var. 'Andersonii'